Ronaldo maintains what happened at the Palms Casino penthouse suite in 2009 was consensual. But leaked documents could suggest otherwise. (Image: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLas Vegas resident Kathryn Mayorga has waived her right to anonymity and is suing the Portuguese star for battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, coercion, fraud, abuse of a vulnerable person, and for engaging in a \u201ccriminal conspiracy\u201d to obstruct a police investigation into the alleged crime.<\/p>\n
Mayorga claims Ronaldo \u2013 hailed as one of the greatest soccer players of all time — attacked and sodomized her in his Penthouse suite at The Palms in 2009, while she repeatedly screamed, \u201cNo!\u201d It is something he officially denies.<\/p>\n
As per the newly filed documents from the Ronaldo camp, “Mr. Ronaldo has always maintained that this was a consensual encounter.”<\/p>\n
Hush Money<\/strong><\/h2>\nExcept that documents obtained by German news magazine Der Spiegal <\/em>via the Football Leaks <\/em>website allegedly record a confidential conversation between Ronaldo and his lawyer, in which a person alleged to be Ronaldo admits that intercourse with Mayorga was not consensual. Ronaldo\u2019s legal team claims these documents were stolen and falsified by cyber criminals.<\/p>\n\n
Mayorga\u2019s lawsuit also includes an unnamed team of legal \u201cfixers\u201d as defendants in the case. According to the suit, these were \u201cpersonal reputation specialists,\u201d employed by Ronaldo, who began following her and her friends and family after the alleged rape in order to \u201cdevelop and implement a strategy\u201d to make the problem go away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mayorga claims she was then \u201ccoerced\u201d into signing a settlement and non-disclosure agreement, which led to her agreeing not to pursue charges in return for $375,000 in hush money. Her lawyers argue this was designed to derail a police investigation into a criminal act.<\/p>\n